The genome sequence of the Oak Beauty, Biston strataria (Hufnagel, 1767)
Douglas Boyes1, David C Lees2, Peter W H Holland3
1UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, England, UK.
Wellcome Open Research
|August 5, 2024
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Biston strataria (the Oak Beauty; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Geometridae). The genome sequence is 424.0 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 16 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.61 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 18,406 protein coding genes.
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